[warrenm]

That you've managed to have problems does not negate the fact I have as many bad experiences per year as you've had total experiences this year (this yer alone, I've used self-checkout at least 80 times ... probably a lot more)

Dislike self-checkout you want, but still sounds like a "you" problem, and not a "self-checkout" problem

Neat fact! You don't have to self-checkout at any store I've been to in the last 5 years (unless it's super weird hours ... and even then - you're probably there by yourself, so the attendant's likely to come over to "help" just to have something to do)

[tbran]

1st problem: Scan gun for home center materials did not work as the system was momentarily down.

2nd problem: 2 barcodes on the product.

Not sure which one of these is a "me" problem. You also misread my comment.

Sounds like you just want to throw around low-effort personal insults instead of addressing anything I said. This is HN, you can do better.

[warrenm]

>Sounds like you just want to throw around low-effort personal insults instead of addressing anything I said. This is HN, you can do better.

You're insulting my success (and, quite frankly, the overwhelming majority of people I've observed over the last close to decade) with self-checkout by saying you have had 2 bad experiences?

You can do better

Or maybe you can't?

[earthling8118]

Self checkout in combination with a regular cashier is great. Not because I want to go through the person but because people will form unreasonably long lines to avoid self checkout. This means I can normally have a minimal wait as the self checkout is less congested.